Button Poetry showcases the best and brightest performance poets of today.
Bits & Pieces
Who or What Inspires You to Cook?
There’s something about watching someone basking in their own JOY !
There’s something about watching someone basking in their own JOY !
City that I used to know
I used to want this
I used to want this
Life’s Not About Getting Ahead
It’s about getting along.
It’s about getting along.
Palomino Blackwing Pencils
John Steinbeck, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein: “The best pencil ever made.” A great Mother’s Day/Birthday/Graduation gift --- and a Gift to Self
John Steinbeck, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein: “The best pencil ever made.” A great Mother’s Day/Birthday/Graduation gift — and a Gift to Self
Romeo & Juliet — A Tragedy Not Love Story
Story of a 13-year-old and 17 year old.
Story of a 13-year-old and 17 year old.
The Tramp, the Princess and the Witch
A poem against happily ever after.
A poem against happily ever after.
When I read about love…
I ask the tongue-tied stars in my eyes.
I ask the tongue-tied stars in my eyes.
Troubled Love
A short poem.
A short poem.
Patrick Roche – Commit [Video]
"Commit, verb, as in to commit suicide, parenthetical, offensive, preferred use of die from or by suicide."
“Commit, verb, as in to commit suicide, parenthetical, offensive, preferred use of die from or by suicide.”
Keyma Flight – Birth of a Nation [Video]
"In its first term the US grew the fastest it ever will build new cells at rapid rates and implanted itself inside the wall of indigenous african wombs"
“In its first term the US grew the fastest it ever will build new cells at rapid rates and implanted itself inside the wall of indigenous african wombs”
The First Kiss
The lingering essence of a first kiss.
The lingering essence of a first kiss.
Miss Toothbrush Cup Is in Love
The toothbrush got angry and said it was none of its business.
The toothbrush got angry and said it was none of its business.
Make Love — A Poem
For the devilish dance in two.
For the devilish dance in two.
Michael Mlekoday – On Becoming My Own Quantum Sister [Video]
"Fox and wedding feathers peonies and plum blossoms a voice like syrup pouring from me"
“Fox and wedding feathers peonies and plum blossoms a voice like syrup pouring from me”
Class 15 [Video]
A teacher meets a troubled student’s mother -- and it descends into chaos.
A teacher meets a troubled student’s mother — and it descends into chaos.